Neuroscience

I’ve created organoids that, surprisingly, have a lot to say about how the brain works.

What you can’t imagine clearly, you value less.

If the brain can’t tell the difference between fiction and reality, what can?

The real meaning of near-death experiences.

High-frequency oscillations that ripple through our brains may generate memory and conscious experience.

Our neurocircuitry is profoundly shaped by a lifetime of learning.

Our sensory systems for hearing and touch overlap to stir a wealth of emotions.

One question for Raphaël Millière, philosopher of cognitive science at Columbia University.

To better understand our brains and design safer anesthesia, scientists are turning to EEG.

Maternal care offers a window on our social instincts.

The uniqueness of each mind is written in its ever-changing circuitry.

Why the father of neuroscience, toward the end of his career, preferred to study ants.

Does the body rule the mind? Or does the mind rule the body?